Bomber Thompson To Return To Court Over Drug Charges

AFL great Mark "Bomber" Thompson is due to return to court over drugs charges linked to a police raid at his Melbourne home.

Thompson, 54, was charged after police allegedly found bags of illicit drugs in a locked room alongside Geelong club memorabilia at his Port Melbourne address.

The Essendon doping saga is still leaving a mark on the AFL world, with an e-mail revealing embattled former coach Mark " Bomber " Thompson pleaded with the club's chairman to "save his life" during the fallout from the scandal. #9Newspic.twitter.com/GpgaAkOF5t